The former member’s music producer Naughty Boy opened up about his beef with Louis and 1D fans in a new interview.

“Louis needs to shut his mouth. He is just a child. He’s messing with a sleeping lion and you shouldn’t have woken up a sleeping lion as you are only going to regret it,” he told The Sun (via Teen.com). “I don’t know Louis, so I can only base my judgement on what he says and he is acting like a 12-year-old. Louis should be supporting Zayn. I’ve been the one looking after Zayn since he left One Direction.”

He continued, “It’s not fair for the fandom to go for us because we haven’t done anything. I’m not prepared to be the brunt of everything as everyone needs to wait for the real story to come out and then they will realize.”

“Our fans support really has been a different class ! Huge love to you guys !!” Louis wrote.

Louis, 23, has NOT addressed Zayn‘s tweet from the day before.

Here’s what happened: Louis responded to Zayn‘s friend and music producer Naughty Boy over a photo he had posted. There was a back-and-forth, and finally Zayn slammed Louis. See the full exchange of tweets here!

Fans erupted over Zayn‘s tweet, asking why he was abandoning his fans. Louis noticed the fan support, and sent out his most recent tweet.

Our fans support really has been a different class ! Huge love to you guys !!

Zayn, 22, wrote to Louis, 23, on Twitter just moments ago: “@Louis_Tomlinson remember when you had a life and stopped making bitchy comments about mine ?”

Zayn left the band several weeks ago, and it came as a huge shock to his fans around the world. In the meantime, the remaining guys of 1D have been working hard on a new album sans Zayn.

This all seems to have started over a photo Zayn ‘s producer Naughty Boy posted, featuring a filter on the pic. “Remember when you were 12 and you used to think those Mac filters for your pictures were cool haha ! Some people still do HA!,” Louis wrote.

@Louis_Tomlinson remember when you had a life and stopped making bitchy comments about mine ?